Biography
Paul Ellering, 52, was born in Minnesota. For the last three years he has been the owner of Rock Tavern. He began mushing in 1991.In 2005, he ran the Iditarod as the visual interpreter for Rachel Scdoris. He is running the Iditarod again this year because he says, “Sometimes you have to see what you got. This year we race!” A former professional wrestler, Paul has written a book, Wrestling the Iditarod, which can be found on his website. Paul is the father of Rebecca 16, Rachael, 12, and Saul 10.
2005 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/05 10:00:00 | 12 | 3/05 12:12:00 | 12 | 2h 12m | ||||||
| Campbell Airstrip | 3/05 13:12:00 | 12 | 1h 0m | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/06 14:00:00 | 16 | 3/06 15:58:00 | 16 | 1h 58m | 59 | |||||
| Yentna | 3/06 21:33:00 | 16 | 3/07 04:07:00 | 16 | 6h 34m | 5h 35m | 8.06 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/07 07:30:00 | 16 | 3/07 14:50:00 | 15 | 7h 20m | 3h 23m | 10.05 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/07 19:54:00 | 15 | 3/08 05:16:00 | 15 | 9h 22m | 5h 4m | 8.88 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/08 10:06:00 | 15 | 3/08 16:17:00 | 14 | 6h 11m | 4h 50m | 6.21 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/08 22:58:00 | 14 | 3/09 07:55:00 | 14 | 8h 57m | 6h 41m | 7.18 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/10 00:45:00 | 14 | 3/10 10:25:00 | 13 | 9h 40m | 16h 50m | 5.52 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/10 16:43:00 | 13 | 3/10 20:59:00 | 13 | 4h 16m | 6h 18m | 7.62 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/11 00:00:00 | 13 | 3/12 02:31:00 | 12 | 26h 31m | 3h 1m | 7.62 |  |
23 | ||
| Ophir | 3/12 05:27:00 | 12 | 3/12 08:36:00 | 12 | 3h 9m | 2h 56m | 12.95 | |
38 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/13 11:02:00 | 12 | 3/13 23:50:00 | 11 | 12h 48m | 26h 26m | 3.40 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/14 11:35:00 | 11 | 3/14 23:57:00 | 10 | 12h 22m | 11h 45m | 5.53 | |
|
65 | |
| Anvik | 3/15 04:39:00 | 10 | 3/15 05:40:00 | 10 | 1h 1m | 4h 42m | 5.32 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/15 09:03:00 | 10 | 3/15 20:32:00 | 10 | 11h 29m | 3h 23m | 5.32 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/16 11:23:00 | 10 | 14h 51m | 4.04 | |
|
Scratched | 60 | |||
